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There are a lot of people on this list and most probalby know more about stem cells that I do, but I think its important to point out that Bush has only banned *giving government money* to *embryonic stem cell research* on *new cell lines*. Stem cell research itself is -not- banned, but a certain type of research will not be funded with tax dollars--of course this is a type that many people are excited about. I don't know if a company can receive government money for some projects and do stem cell research in other projects at the same time. There are other sources of research money: corporations often have a lot of cash and private institutions can fund whatever they please. Also, even though the U.S. does have great scientists, there are scientists all over the world that are doing embryonic stem cell research. The policy is idealogically driven--it is completely legal to make a thousand embryos and flush them so why make a big deal about researching them?--but on the bright side this research is proceeding regardless of the funding ban. -A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn